Spoonie Gee Promotional Portrait
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Spoonie Gee
Record company
Tuff City
Datec. 1985
Mediumpaper (fiber product)
DimensionsOverall (HW): 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1998.827.458
Text EntriesSpoonie Gee (Gabriel Jackson, b. 1963), is a MC emerging in the late 1970s and is one of the artists that has been credited with originating the term “Hip-Hop” and the phrase “yes, yes, yall..”. Spoonie Gee received the nickname 'Spoonie' as a child because a spoon was the only utensil that he used to eat with. Spoonie Gee was a founding member of the Treacherous Three, along with L.A. Sunshine and Kool Moe Dee. Spoonie Gee has been labeled as "the original gangsta rapper”. His solo started in 1987 with his debut album The Godfather of Rap, produced by Marley Marl and Teddy Riley, and released on Tuff City label.
Black and white image of man posing in track suit
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Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
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Medium: cotton
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Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
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Medium: ink; paper (fiber product)
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Medium: polyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
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